The pure clear word : essays on the poetry of James Wright by Smith, Dave [ Edited By - 1982

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1982. CONTENTS: James Wright / Dave Smith -- A foreword to James Wright's The green wall / W.H. Auden -- In the mode of Robinson and Frost / Henry Taylor -- James Wright / Peter Stitt -- The work of James Wright / Robert Bly -- The continuity of James Wright's poems / William Matthews -- A world immeasurably alive and good / James Seay -- The rise and fall of James Wright / Edward Butscher -- Open secrets / Stephen Yenser -- The tradition of sadness and the American metaphysic / Leonard Nathan -- That halting, stammering movement / Dave Smith -- James Wright / Robert Hass -- James Wright / Miller Williams. xxviii, 260 p. ; 24 cm. Bibliography: p. 247-257. A neat and solid copy, a few dusty marks to ffep, but a tight clean book thereafter, in a little edge worn wrapper. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.